LUCK (or LUCKE), ROBERT, son of Thomas Luck, Newport, Isle of Wight; b. 10 Jun 1674; adm.; KS 1689; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1692, matr. 2 Jul 1692, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1692 – void 1706; BA 23 Mar 1696/7; MA 1700; Master of Barnstaple Sch., Devon 1698-1740; among his pupils was John Gay; ordained; Vicar of West Down, Devon, from 1713; Vicar of Buckland Brewer, Devon, from 2 Jul 1744; author, A Miscellany of new Poems, 1736, which includes an English version of one of Martial’s epigrams, dated “Westminster School, 3d Form, 1686”; m. 19 Jan 1700 [check] Mary, dau. of William Medford, Barnstaple, Devon; buried Barnstaple, Devon 17 Jan 1747/8.

LUCY, EDWARD; b.; adm.; KS 1630; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1633, adm. scholar 1634.

LUCY, RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1653, matr. 28 Mar 1655, Westminster Student.

LUDDINGTON, STEPHEN, son of Ven. Stephen Luddington DD, Archdeacon of Stow, and Rector of Potter Hanworth, Lincs., and Dorothy, dau. of William Dolben (qv); b.; adm. 20 Apr 1661; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1664, matr. 22 Jul 1664, aged 18, Westminster Student 17 Apr 1665 – void 1678; BA 1668; MA 1671; ordained; Prebendary of Lincoln from 12 Jun 1674; Rector of Potter Hanworth, Lincs., from 4 Apr 1677; d. unm. before 26 Oct 1689.

LUDDINGTON, THOMAS, of London; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1581, matr. 12 Jun 1584, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1592; BA 1585; MA 1588; d. 1593.

LUDFORD, EDWARD TAYLOR, son of Thomas Ludford (formerly Bracebridge), London, and Ann (who kept a boarding house at the School to her death in 1748), widow of Thomas Bold, London, distiller, and only dau. of Rev. Edward Taylor, Rector of Finningley, Notts.; bapt. St. James, Garlickhythe, London 9 Sep 1737 (IGI); in school list 1744; KS (aged 13) 1751; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1756, matr. 15 Jun 1756, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1757 – res 5 Jan 1760, having been suspended for taking a degree for a year from 22 Dec 1759 owing to his idleness; migrated to Trinity Coll. Oxford; BA 1760; ordained; Rector of Berkswell, Warwicks., from 1762; m. 12 Jun 1766 Ann Craven, “niece of Lord Craven”; d. Sep 1769.

LUDFORD-ASTLEY, BENJAMIN BUCKLER GIFFORD, brother of John Newdigate Francis Ludford-Astley (qv); b. 27 Apr 1819; adm. 30 Sep 1830 (Scott's); rowed v. Eton 12 May 1836; St. Alban Hall, Oxford, matr. 23 Nov 1837; BA 1841; MA 1849; ordained deacon 1842, priest 1843; Curate, Everleigh, Wilts., and subsequently Draycot Foliat, Wilts.; Vicar of Merevale, Warwicks., 1855-72; Rector of Pitney, Somerset 1857 (still 1889); Rector of Cadeby, Leics., 1872-91; JP Leicestershire; assumed additional surname of Ludford 4 Jan 1879; an enthusiastic fox hunter; m. 1st, 29 Jan 1850 Susan Louisa, seventh dau. of Hon. and Rev. Frederick Pleydell Bouverie, Rector of Pewsey, Wilts., and Prebendary of Salisbury [check]; m. 2nd, 6 Aug 1863 Maria Catherine, eldest dau. of Sir Alexander Beaumont Churchill Dixie, Bart.; d. 22 Apr 1897.

LUDFORD-ASTLEY, JOHN NEWDIGATE FRANCIS, eldest son of Rev. Francis Bickley Astley, Rector of Manningford Abbots, Wilts., and Mary Anne, third dau. of John Newdigate-Ludford (qv); b. 20 Apr 1817; adm. 30 Sep 1830 (Scott's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Jun 1835; of Ansley, Warwickshire; DL Warwickshire, JP Warwickshire 1861; assumed additional surname of Ludford 30 Dec 1878; d. 23 Nov 1898.

Lugard, John Wykeham, son of Cecil Edward Hyde Travers and Florence Caroline Lugard, b. Sept. 3, 1899; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (H); left July 1915; enfoted in Public Schools Batt. Royal Fusiliers April 1915; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1917; 2nd Lieut. Royal Lancs Regt. Aug. 21, 1918; Lieut. Feb. 21, 1920; served in France Sept. 1918 - April 1919; Capt. King's Own Royal Regt. May 9, 1930; Major Aug. 1, 1938; temp. Lieut.-Col. June 15, 1941; Lieut.-Col. Aug. 29, 1945; temp. Col. Jan. 21, 1944; Colonel Sept. 5, 1947; Instructor, School of Small Arms, India, 1927-30 and Military Coll. of Science 1933-6; Staff Capt. War Office 1936-9; dep. asst. dir. War Office 1939-43; Member of the Ordnance Board 1943; sup. of experiments Inter­ Services Experimental Estab. Pendine; Oct. 1, 1947; retired pay Feb. 9, 1951; International Staff of N.A.T.O. Jan 7, 1952; councillor, Banbury Rural Dist. May 4, 1954; consultant in armaments, Reg. Brit. Arms Soc., Jan. 11, 1956; m. 1st. June 10, 1933, Adelaide Janet, daughter of Col. Edmond Ludlow Parry, D.S.O., Indian Medical Service, of Sidmouth, Devon; 2nd Nancy Martin John; d. 1969.

Luhn, Otto Gustav Ferdinand, son of Frederick Luhn, Ph. D., of Pimlico, b. Aug. 14, 1881; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (H); Q.S. (non-resident) 1896; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. with a Triplett gratuity July 1900, matric. Michaelmas 1900; B.A. 1904; M.A. 1907; B. Ch. 1907; D. P. H. Dublin 1910; Guy's Hospital; sometime West African Med. Staff, South Nigeria; Med. Officer to the Sarawak Govt; d. 1960.